201: Bright future

Inside the stronghold of the former Thirteenth Detachment, now the Special Operations Team, two machines were running non-stop in a modified incubation room.

Su Ze walked among them, observing the progress of the demon beast eggs' hatching.

These two incubators had been delivered two days ago, and after Chen Xin inspected them, they were put into use that same day.

Su Ze was quite satisfied with the current incubation progress. Each incubator could hold twenty platinum-level demon beast eggs and nearly a hundred gold-rank monster beast eggs at a time, and the hatching speed was also very pleasing.

As for the dozen or so demon beast eggs that the Shadow Moon Wolf King was responsible for hatching, because Chen Xin had carefully selected types that hatched quickly, most had already hatched, with only a few remaining that were sent into the incubators.

The rest of the demon beast eggs had already hatched, and most had been contracted as battle beasts by the members of the Thirteenth Squad.

The current Thirteenth Squad, although its overall strength had not yet taken a qualitative leap, now possessed much greater development potential.

After all, these were platinum-level demon beasts; even their former captain, Guo Linshan, had only contracted a Gold-rank Demon Beast.

Even though the number of platinum-level demon beast eggs was limited and most people still had to contract Gold-rank Demon Beasts, they were already very satisfied.

There were a few remaining demon beasts, and Su Ze happened to find a pair of the same species but different genders to give to Chen Xin.

To Su Ze, this was like an investment. If Chen Xin really succeeded in artificially breeding high-level demon beasts, then he would certainly be the first to apply this technology.

However, watching Chen Xin take those two demon beasts away, Su Ze was already mourning for them in his heart.

"Especially that male one; I don't think he knows what he's about to face yet. To be drained dry right after birth... my condolences..."

While Su Ze was lost in thought, Sun Hao suddenly walked in and said to him, "Captain, a group of people just arrived outside, saying they want to join us."

"Oh? People have finally arrived? Take me to see who they are," Su Ze said as he walked out of the incubation room upon hearing the news.

After thinking for a moment, he called Sun Hao back and whispered something in his ear.

Once Sun Hao indicated he understood and went to make arrangements, Su Ze headed outside.

As soon as he reached the door, Su Ze quickened his pace and greeted them happily, "Everyone's here!"

Although the vast majority were unfamiliar faces, there were many people Su Ze recognized.

For example, standing before him were Qi Lin, Xue Yuhe, Luo Xingyu, and others who had appeared at the Beast Taming Grand Competition. Kuang Yi and Liu Yiyi from Azure Dragon Beast Taming University were also among them.

Wang Zi was following closely behind Luo Xingyu, never leaving her side. Judging by the distance between them, their relationship seemed to have made significant progress.

Qi Lin stepped forward as the representative and said, "We received orders several days ago to come to Beishan City and join the Special Operations Team under your leadership. However, we had to wait for everyone to arrive before we could set out, which caused a delay."

In addition to Qi Lin and the others, Xiao Sheng had also transferred many skilled individuals from various places for Su Ze to command.

However, these people still needed to go through a selection process and assemble before they could come to Beishan City, hence the delay of a few days.

"It's fine, you've arrived at just the right time. I've happened to make some preparations these past few days," Su Ze said with a smile.

Qi Lin continued, "You'll be our superior from now on, so don't be too harsh on us."

Su Ze also laughed and said, "Don't worry. I can't promise much else, but I can guarantee the food here will definitely satisfy you!"

In Su Ze's view, those bronze and Silver grade demon beast eggs would be of almost no use in future battles, but they could be used to help the team members quickly improve their strength. So, he decided that there would be at least one big meal every week with demon beast eggs as the main ingredient.

But clearly, aside from these few acquaintances, few of the transferred Great Xia Spirit Guards believed Su Ze's words.

In their eyes, Beishan City was a backwater place that couldn't compare to the headquarters they were used to. What good things could it possibly have?

Furthermore, their direct superior was just a young kid. It seemed their future in this so-called Special Operations Team would be very bleak.

They had previously thought this Special Operations Team was led by Xiao Sheng or Holy Sun, who had initiated it; that was why they had eagerly signed up.

Now it seemed the names of the two War Gods had just been used as a pretext!

However, they were Spirit Guards after all. They followed orders and prioritized discipline, so they didn't say much and just silently followed behind.

But Su Ze had been paying attention to their expressions. Seeing this, he continued, "Alright, I'll take you inside to register and report first. We can talk more later."

He then led the group into the stronghold.

Having already anticipated that such a situation might occur, he had long since prepared.

Along the way, they saw the team members who had recently contracted demon beasts familiarizing themselves with their beasts and conducting various types of training.

These people obviously hadn't collectively agreed to start training their beasts by the roadside; this was what Su Ze had just asked Sun Hao to arrange.

The well-traveled group naturally knew their stuff. They could tell at a glance that these demon beasts, though not yet powerful, were actually platinum-level cubs.

Qi Lin and his group didn't react much, but the others' eyes nearly popped out of their heads.

Even in the five major headquarters of the Great Xia Spirit Guards, platinum-level demon beasts were something even captain-level people rarely possessed. Here, even ordinary members with modest strength were eligible to contract them?

Su Ze noticed their gazes and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I only have platinum-level demon beasts here right now. If any of you have a spare beast slot and don't mind, you can go line up to get one."

"Line up?" someone finally couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Su Ze explained, "That's right. Our two incubators are currently running at full capacity, but hatching takes time after all. So, everyone who meets the requirements will just have to wait in line."

"But don't worry, I'll try my best to ensure no one lacks a battle beast. It's just that some people might have to settle for contracting a Gold-rank one."

Everyone's expressions had become completely numb from the series of shocks, but they were still complaining in their hearts: "Settle for a Gold-rank Demon Beast? Please, give me a dozen of those 'settlements'!"

Even Qi Lin and Xue Yuhe, who were from great families, found Su Ze's words a bit hard to swallow.

It wasn't until Su Ze took them on a tour of the two operating incubators and the demon beast eggs inside...

...that everyone could be certain Su Ze wasn't just boasting.

"My god... it seems the future here is indeed very bright?"